Group Photo Enhancement and Composition

Job ID: 39598071

Budget: $30 – $250 USD

Hello!
**Our Goal is to produce a single nice, presentable group photo.**

Please create ONE final "best version of everyone" (all people & dog) composite image....
.... from a series of ~3 dozen pictures taken of a medium size group present in a banquet hall.
i.e. please present all faces as visible and aligned as possible, with optimum possible clarity, skin color, and "best available" smile or expression and general aesthetic. Eliminating or minimizing eye glass glare, or other distractions.
* the room lighting is very low and sub-optimal. A low-power direct flash was used. Please improve overall lighting, eliminate graininess, and general tone and atmosphere.
Eliminate background wall distractions (sconce lighting).
Finally, please merge a separate single picture, of myself (the erstwhile photographer!), to edit-in/drop-in inconspicuously somewhere (background row?), {only head and shoulders are}, to "naturally" and subtly blend in to "join" the group. (...in the small group photo, I am the bearded male on the (viewers) left side in the black shirt.)

Hopefully the results are suitable for printing enlargements 8"x10"/12" to give as gifts.
Thank you for your consideration and talent.

PS there are a half dozen random casual shots of various people at the event that could use some simple editing magic as well. However, these are of lower/incidental priority.